Gregory J. Markopoulos Movies

  • 1949
    Christmas U.S.A.

    Christmas U.S.A.

    Christmas U.S.A.

    5.91949HD

    Things spin: amusement park rides, a phonograph record. A man wakes, shaves, and takes a phone call. Another man, in a kimono, walks in the woods,...

    Christmas U.S.A.
  • 2010
    Due film-maker in giardino - Robert Beavers & Gregory J. Markopoulos

    Due film-maker in giardino - Robert Beavers & Gregory J. Markopoulos

    Due film-maker in giardino - Robert Beavers & Gregory J. Markopoulos

    02010HD

    Short film shot in Rapallo, 1987.

    Due film-maker in giardino - Robert Beavers & Gregory J. Markopoulos
  • 1969
    Political Portraits

    Political Portraits

    Political Portraits

    01969HD

    Dedicated to Dieter Meier. voice-over by Gregory Markopoulos, reading an excerpt in English translation of Paul Valéry’s L’Homme...

    Political Portraits
  • 1967
    Eros, O Basileus

    Eros, O Basileus

    Eros, O Basileus

    41967HD

    Structured in nine tableaux each a study of a simple action or situation involving a lone, naked figure, the blind Eros, searching for fulfilment,...

    Eros, O Basileus
  • 1961
    Serenity

    Serenity

    Serenity

    6.81961HD

    Originally edited in two versions. Version I, 70 minutes; version II, 90 minutes. (The only known existing version is not Markopoulos’s edit...

    Serenity
  • 1949
    Lysis

    Lysis

    Lysis

    6.21949HD

    Markopoulos called Lysis “a study in stream-of-consciousness poetry of a lost, wandering, homosexual soul” and felt that the film...

    Lysis
  • 1997
    Eniaios

    Eniaios

    Eniaios

    71997HD

    An 80-hour film being printed and shown in cycles every four years at a remote location in Greece.

    Eniaios
  • 1967
    Twice A Man Twice

    Twice A Man Twice

    Twice A Man Twice

    01967HD

    A performative variation on "Twice a Man” side by side, one running forward, the other backward. The sound is maintained only on the projector...

    Twice A Man Twice
  • 1949
    Charmides

    Charmides

    Charmides

    61949HD

    Based on Plato's dialogue Charmides.

    Charmides
  • 1975
    Gilbert and George

    Gilbert and George

    Gilbert and George

    61975HD

    A portrait of the British artists, two living sculptures, filmed in Paris on the occasion of their exhibition at the Sonnabend Gallery.

    Gilbert and George
  • 2000
    Sotiros

    Sotiros

    Sotiros

    6.82000HD

    In Sotiros, there is an unspoken dialogue and a seen dialogue, The latter is held between the intertitles and the images; the former is moved by the...

    Sotiros
  • 1969
    Sorrows

    Sorrows

    Sorrows

    7.91969HD

    Set to music by Beethoven, this lyrical portrait moves from a chilled and misty exterior to the crystalline interior of the Swiss chateau that King...

    Sorrows
  • 1953
    Eldora

    Eldora

    Eldora

    81953HD

    The dreamlike Eldora describes love’s fragmenting effects on the consciousness of an adolescent girl.

    Eldora
  • 1969
    The Olympian

    The Olympian

    The Olympian

    61969HD

    Portrait of novelist Alberto Moravia filmed in Rome.

    The Olympian
  • 1966
    Ming Green

    Ming Green

    Ming Green

    5.61966HD

    This portrait of the filmmaker's apartment, painted in the color of the title, was made a few months before his departure from New York. It...

    Ming Green
  • 1964
    Rushes for ‘The Illiac Passion’

    Rushes for ‘The Illiac Passion’

    Rushes for ‘The Illiac Passion’

    01964HD

    Preserved by the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

    Rushes for ‘The Illiac Passion’
  • 1965
    The Death of Hemingway (An Obituary Fantasy)

    The Death of Hemingway (An Obituary Fantasy)

    The Death of Hemingway (An Obituary Fantasy)

    81965HD

    Shot in thirty-two hours at the abandoned Baybridge Theater in Brooklyn, in cinemascope and Eastman color. The film was based on the one-act play of...

    The Death of Hemingway (An Obituary Fantasy)
  • 1970
    Hagiographia

    Hagiographia

    Hagiographia

    91970HD

    Filmed in Mistra, Greece. Preserved in Anthology Film Archives, New York.

    Hagiographia
  • 1948
    Psyche

    Psyche

    Psyche

    7.21948HD

    Psyche, made while a student at USC, shows Markopoulos’ developing style and his sensuous use of colour and composition. Shot in the Hollywood...

    Psyche
  • 1967
    Spiracle

    Spiracle

    Spiracle

    01967HD

    Portrait studies of Mrs. Hodges, Gail Beavers (the filmmaker’s sister) and Gregory J. Markopoulos.

    Spiracle